Indian shuttlers had a bad day in office as men’s shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and H S prannoy failed to cross the opening hurdle at the prestigious All England Championship here on Wednesday.
World No. 21 Ajay Jayaram’s fight ended with a narrow 18-21, 21-19, 19-21 loss to Hong Kong’s NG Ka long Angus, world no. 16 in men’s singles event.
In another match, H S Prannoy played his heart out before going down 20-22, 15-21 to Xue Song of China.
Things were no different in doubles events.
2010 Commonwealth Games champions Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a 24-26, 17-21 loss to Samantha Barning and Iris Tabeling of The Netherlands in the opening round of the women’s doubles event.
In men’s doubles, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy too went down fighting 21-16, 13-21, 15-21 against Malaysian combo of Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan.